Testament of Orpheus
Le Testament d'Orphée
Release: 1960-02-18
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 7.7
Fantasy
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Editions Cinégraphiques
Cinédis
Cast
Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
Roger Vadim
as Self (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
as Orphée's Friend
Annette Stroyberg
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as The Poet
Jean Marais
as Oedipe
Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
as Court Usher (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Françoise Sagan
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
María Casares
as The Princess
Edouard Dermithe
as Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
François Périer
as Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
as Minerve
Charles Aznavour
as The Curious Man
Daniel Gélin
as The Intern (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother (uncredited)
Françoise Arnoul
as Self (uncredited)
Brigitte Bardot
as Self (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Pablo Picasso
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
